Door panel and the like



J. REGENSTEINZ- DOOR PANEL AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1919.

1, 35 1 ,488. Patented 31, 1920.

- UNITED {STATES PATENT crime.

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noon PANEL AND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn Rncnns'rnm, a citizen of the United States, residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and tate 3 01 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Panels and the like, of which the following is a specification. The present invention has to do with improvements in door panels such as are used in the finishing of doors for automobiles and other vehicles. While the type of door panel to which the present invention relates Jfis-very well adapted for use in connection "fgwith the manufacture of doors for automobiles and other vehicles, stillit is not limited tosuch use, and is merely mentioned by way of example.

In Letters Patent of the United States,

No. 1,259,287, issued to me March 12, 1918,

for improvements in door panels and the like, I have disclosed a construction of door panel which is faced on one of its surfaces and which has its edge portion reinforced so that moisture cannot easily find its way between the body of the panel and said facing. The present invention has to do with an improvement whereby the back face of the panel is alsoprotected or faced so that moisture cannot penetrate through the body of between the the panel and thus find its way body and the first mentioned facing.

Referring to the drawing: I Figure 1 shows a face vieyx of a door 35. Panel embodying the features of the'present Invention; -v v Fig 2 shows a fragmentary view of the edge portioncf a modified construction of panel on enlarged scale; I

Fig. 3 shows a back face view corresponding to Fig. 2, a portion of theback facing being broken away Fig. 4 shows a view corresponding to Fig.'

2 of a modified .form of edge protection;

and

Fig. 5 is a view taken on the line 5-5 of Fi 4 looking in the direction of the arrows an on considerably enlarged scale.

The door panel in its entirety is desig- 5 nated by the numeral 6, The body 7 of the panel comprises a sheet or plate of cardboard or the like of suitable contour and form. On its front face 8 said cardboard is provided with a facing or covering of facing material preferably of'waterproof nature and pleasing appearance, Ordinarily Specification of'Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 27, 1919. Seria1 No. 807,080

' said facing 8 will be attached to the body '7 by paste or glue, and it is therefore desirable to be able to protect the panel so as to prevent-the entrance of moisture between the body and the facing, since such moisture would soon loosen up the facing and cause deterioration of the panel.

In order to effectually prevent the entranc of moisture through the edge portion of th panel, I provide a reinforcement or protectlon such as a line ofstitching 9 which passes through the body 7 and the facing 8; or in some'cases I provide a binding strip 10 which overlaps the edges of both the backing and the facing material, and may be held in place by means of a line of stitch- I have therefore, in the present case, provided a back facing or protection 12 so as to effectually prevent the possibility of such -moisture' Working through the panel. This backfacing may take the form either of a sheet of waterproof material, such as parchment, pasted to the back of the body 7 and having its edge portion protected by the stitching or binding strip; or in some cases may take the form of a la er or coating of waterproof paint or the like. In any case, however, it will be observed thatthe presence of the waterproof coating on the back side of the panel bears a very distinct and definite relationship to the presence of a sheet pasted or glued to the front face of the panel, since the entrance of moisture between the body and the front face, by passage through the material of the body, is thereby prevented.

I claim:

1. As a new article of mangfacturga door panel or the like comprising a backing of ing-to firmly secure the facing materials to the backing and prevent the entrance of wat'e'r into the edge of the panel, substantially pasted or glued to its back surface another as described, facing of water proof material, and a line 2. As a new article ofmanufacture, a door of stitching extending around the periphery 1 panel or the like comprising a backing of of the panel'and through the backing and 5 paste-board or the like, having pasted or both surfaces thereof, for the purpose speciglued to its exposed surface a facing of suitfied. r

able Water-proof material, and having JOSEPH REGENSTEI N. 

